Re: Meds and all that jazz » Tabitha

Posted by BarbaraCat on March 20, 2003, at 12:59:20

In reply to Re: Meds and all that jazz » BarbaraCat, posted by Tabitha on March 20, 2003, at 0:45:48

Tabitha,
I'm not really sure what Lamictal is doing for me right now. When I first started taking it about 6 months ago, it gave me a very nice surge of energy. I was taking it with only lithium and together they seemed to be keeping the depression and mixed states hell at bay. But then Lamictal seemed to stop working and when I increased all I got was anxiety. I could live with it OK, but then in December my Mom died very tragically and the whole shebang (funeral, legal matters, house sale) was very intense and unsettling for me and I went into a massive suicidal depression in Jan-Feb. That's when my pdoc put on nortriptyline 75mg. It brought me back to life, literally. Now the question remains, do I really need Lamictal since it seemed to stop working? Or is it a needed ingredient in my current brew? I tried stopping lithium when my thyroid began to fail and realized within 3 days that I require lithium otherwise I start to fragment.
So, I'm going back in April to bury Mom's 'cremains' and complete the dissolution of the estate. I know it's going to be very difficult and I do not want to mess with anything. I'm currently feeling very strong, spiritually and biochemically and feel like 'OK, bring it on'. But I know I'll need some healing afterwards, at which point I'll start reducing Lamictal very very slowly. It may be that I need it, but if I don't, my liver will thank me. I'll keep you posted.
> BarbaraCat, thanks for sharing all that experience and wisdom. One question, what do you think the lamictal is doing for you? You've got the lithium which is your mood stabiliser, the nortryptiline which is your AD, and I understand the valium and ambien are for anxiety and sleep. What is left for the lamictal to do? I ask because I'm trying to understand how lamictal is used for bipolar II.

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